Nex

Basic Info & Stats

Basic Info
Combat Level	Health	Weakness	Slayer Task
1001	3400	Stab/Crush	No

Levels
Melee	Ranged	Magic	Defence	Strength
315	350	230	260	200

Attack
Melee	Ranged	Magic	Magic Damage	Range Strength
200	150	100	22	5

Defence
Stab	Slash	Crush	Ranged	Magic
40	140	60	100	100

Description

Nex is one of Zaros's most powerful weapons of war. She is known for her assortment of Zarosian-affiliated drops, such as Torva Armour, Zaryte Vambraces, Book Of Enhancement and the Nihil Horn, which is used to create a Zaryte Crossbow.

Location

Teleports > Bosses > Nex Heals 500 at end

Strategy

You will be working your way around all corners of the room defeating Nex's followers and damaging her in between.

Smoke Phase

The first phase, Nex will use Smoke Rush which can poison. This is the only phase where her basic magic attacks do not drain prayer. Damage reduction specs here will help. You can pray Protect Magic when out of melee distance.

During this phase, Nex can periodically use this special attack:

Drag - drag a random player towards her, stunning them and deactivate their protection prayer. Nex will only drag players if they are within 6 tiles.

After Nex reaches 80% health (2720 HP), she will shout "Fumus, don't fail me!". Her mage Fumus will become vulnerable and must be killed to proceed to the next phase. Fumus is weakest to stab attacks, although ranged is still reasonable and generally still preferred.

Shadow Phase

Nex's second phase, the shadow phase, starts when she shouts "Darken my shadow!" During this phase, Nex will shoot shadow shots which are considered as Ranged attacks. Having Protect from Missiles active will cut the damage taken in half.

From now on, at any time throughout the fight, if you walk more than 10 tiles away from Nex she will teleport to your side and continue to attack you. This is an important mechanic to be aware of throughout the fight.

During this phase, Nex can periodically use this special attack:

Shadow Smash - Nex will shout "Fear the shadow!". Deadly shadows will appear under every player. Players have three ticks to move out of their way before they erupt and deal heavy damage.

After Nex reaches 60% health (2040 hitpoints), she will shout "Umbra, don't fail me!" Umbra will become vulnerable and must be killed to proceed to the next phase. Umbra is weakest to ranged attacks.

Blood Phase

Nex's third phase, the blood phase, starts when she shouts "Flood my lungs with blood!" During this phase, Nex will use Blood Barrage against players, which heals her a percentage of the damage dealt and drain prayer based on the damage dealt.

Unlike her other long-ranged attacks, the barrage is only cast at one player, although it has a 3x3 AoE centred on the current target. However, it is very accurate. Ideally, each player should stand away from each other while in melee distance of Nex to avoid getting splash damage.

During this phase, Nex can periodically use these special attacks:

Blood Siphon - Nex will shout "A siphon will solve this!" Nex will summon up to eight blood reavers (depending on team size).

Blood Sacrifice - Nex will shout "I demand a blood sacrifice!" A single player will be marked for sacrificeand has about four seconds to move at least seven tiles away from Nex, otherwise they will be dealt heavy damage through Protect from Magic which heals her and drains the player's current prayer points by 33%. Closest players will also take up to 12 damage through Protect from Magic, and their prayer is drained by 33% as well.

After Nex reaches 40% health (1360 hitpoints), she will shout "Cruor, don't fail me!" Cruor will become vulnerable and must be killed to proceed to the next phase. Cruor is weakest to slash attacks but can be killed with ranged as well.

Any blood reavers that persist will be automatically killed once Nex starts the next phase.

Ice Phase

Nex's fourth phase, the ice phase, starts when she shouts "Infuse me with the power of ice!" During this phase, Nex will use Ice Barrage against players, which will freeze them if they are not praying Protect from Magic and lowers their prayer points by half of the damage she deals.

Players should be wary of the 'Containment' special attack when standing in melee distance, especially after Glacies has been activated to avoid being frozen in place.

Her special attacks in this phase are:

Containment - Nex will shout "Contain this!" She will smash the floor and icicles will appear in a 5x5 area around her. Getting caught in this can damage players for heavy damage and will deactivate protection prayers. If one is frozen and cannot escape the special attack, praying Protect from Missiles will reduce the damage by half.

Ice Prison - Nex will shout "Die now, in a prison of ice!" She will freeze a targeted player using an ice stalagmite attack, spawning stalagmites within a 3x3 AoE centred on the target player and deactivating their protection prayers. Four seconds after forming, the prison will shatter, dealing massive damage to everyone inside it if one of the stalagmites were not destroyed. To destroy these, you can spam click any of the stalagmites until one of them disappears. Like with the containment special attack, If one is frozen and cannot escape the special attack, praying Protect from Missiles will reduce the damage by half its original amount.

After Nex reaches 20% health (680 hitpoints), she will shout "Glacies, don't fail me!" Now, her mage Glacies will become vulnerable and must be killed to proceed to the last phase. Glacies is weakest to crush attacks, but should still be ranged.

Zaros Phase

Nex's fifth and final phase, the Zaros phase, starts when she shouts "NOW, THE POWER OF ZAROS!" During this phase, Nex will call on Zaros' power, healing her for 500 HP. Her magic attacks drain 5 prayer points if they hit.

During this phase, Nex will heal a small percentage of her health for every successful hit she inflicts.

Upon dealing the final blow, Nex will shout "Taste my wrath!" which triggers Wrath, dealing heavy damage to players within a 5x5 radius of Nex.

Drops